Associate Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu explained why the Vietnam Airlines male flight attendant was only isolated for 4 days at the assembly facility.



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On the night of November 30, the Ministry of Health held an emergency meeting, announcing that case 1347 was caught from an isolated person – patient 1342 (male Vietnam Airlines flight attendant) announced earlier.

Currently, the Health Ministry has directed the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department to continue to implement measures to investigate epidemiology, thoroughly trace, test and isolate close contacts and close contacts. .

Associate Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu explained why the Vietnam Airlines male flight attendant was only isolated for 4 days at the assembly facility - Photo 1.

Previously, in the quarantine area of ​​Vietnam Airlines, BN1342 was identified as having Covid-19, although this person’s flight did not report any cases of illness.

Through the traceability investigation to determine the source of infection and the contact of BN1342, the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department said that during the concentrated isolation process in the Vietnam Airlines quarantine area on November 17, this case continued. contacted a flight attendant on another flight from Romania. This is a flight with many positive passengers.

Then, on November 25, the Romanian flight attendant tested positive (BN1325) along with eight other flight attendants on the same flight.

Before this information, Associate Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu – Former Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Senior Advisor to the Vietnam Public Health Events Center (Ministry of Health) commented on the process of organizing quarantine in isolated areas. Vietnam Airlines glasses are still loose and loose.

Also, explaining why the male host only needs to be isolated for 4 days in a centralized facility, Associate Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu said in Official Letter 3588 / CV-BCĐ of the National Steering Committee for the Prevention of the Epidemic of Covid-19 clearly, for the flight crew members quarantined in the staging area for 72 hours, if there are enough 2 negative tests, they will go home to continue quarantine and monitoring. Therefore, the fact that BN1342 can go home after 2 negative tests is correct.

“However, cThe assertion of the male host is to be in close contact with other people, especially to stay with strangers, violating the rules on home isolation “Said Mr. Phu.

Article 2.3, Dispatch 3588 / CV-BCĐ dated 7/2/2020 on the application of isolation measures to the flight crew of Vietnam Airlines.

For the rest of the flight crew members, including flight attendants, ground technicians, flight coordinators on passenger flights from other countries to Vietnam, centralized isolation and sampling. according to the law.

If all passengers and crew members test negative for the first time, continue taking the second sample (second test after at least 72 hours from the first sample collection).

If the remaining members of the flight crew have a negative result in the second test, they are allowed to leave the quarantine area and continue to perform medical isolation at home and residence according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health until the next international mission.

If a passenger or crew member tests positive for Covid-19 during the first test, conduct a 14-day concentrated isolation on all remaining crew members as prescribed. If the second test is positive, perform a medical isolation within 14 days for all remaining crew members from the date of the second test result.

Associate Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu explains why the Vietnam Airlines flight attendant only has 4 days of isolation at the assembly facility - Photo 4.



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